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Labour joins Tim Yeo in push to deliver decarbonisation targethttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/dec/19/labour-tim-yeo-decarbonisation-target
Opposition could propose bill amendment in the coming weeks, as Miliband's climate envoy sets out vision for green growth<p>The Labour Party is considering pre-empting Tim Yeo's plans to table an amendment to the Energy Bill that would impose a decarbonisation target on the power sector, as MPs prepare for today's second reading of the Bill.</p><p>Yeo yesterday confirmed he would table an amendment to the bill that would <a href="http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2232657/yeo-takes-on-chancellor-with-renewed-push-for-decarbonisation-target?WT.rss_a=yeo+takes+on+chancellor+with+renewed+push+for+decarbonisation+target&amp;WT.rss_f=" title="Yeo takes on Chancellor with renewed push for decarbonisation target">feature a target range for the electricity sector</a> requiring emissions of less than 100 grams of carbon dioxide per kWh of electricity by 2030.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/dec/19/labour-tim-yeo-decarbonisation-target">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentGreenhouse gas emissionsEnergyClimate changeLabourPoliticsWed, 19 Dec 2012 11:22:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/dec/19/labour-tim-yeo-decarbonisation-targetPhotograph: Danny Lawson/PALabour leader Ed Miliband at wind farm in Scotland, where he said Labour would introduce a 2030 decarbonisation target. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PAPhotograph: Danny Lawson/PALabour leader Ed Miliband at wind farm in Scotland, where he said Labour would introduce a 2030 decarbonisation target. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PAJessica Shankleman for BusinessGreen, part of the Guardian Environment Network2012-12-19T11:22:33Z